Slip



July 28, 1925.

M. C. SCHMOLZE SLIP F iled Jan. 19. 925

WITNESSES INVENTOR .Jfiklred 05051110228.

ATTORNEYS Patented July 28, 1925.

UNITED; STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

MILDRED c. scnmonzn, or mew YORK, 1w. 1., assrenoa r FRANKLIN smon a 00.,

or NEW YORK, N. Y., a CORPORATION on NEW 1031:.

SLIP.

Application filed January 19, 1925. Serial No. 3,356.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILDRED G. Sornironzn,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borou h'of Manhattan, in the county and Sta. e of New York, have invented a new and Improved Slip, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to garments and 1 particularly to what is known as a slip and has for an object to provide an improved construction wherein a neat fitting garment is presented with a minimum number of parts.

Another object of the invention is to provide a neatfitting slip wherein the parts are of simple construction capable of easy manufacture at a minimum cost.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved slip wherein the upper part is fitted adjacent the waistline while the lower part is specially designed to be shadowproof.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a slip embodying the invention, the same being shown on a figure.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View through Flgure 1 on line 22. Figure 3 is an enlarged inside elevation of one of the points where the garment is fitted.

Figure 4 is a sectional view through Figure 3 on line 4-4.

Figure 5 is a detail section illustrating the joint between the upper edge of the skirt portion and the lower end of the body portion.

In constructing the garment, the up r part 1 is made in tubular form from a at substantially rectangular piece of goods and secured together by a suitable seam 2. The upper edge 3 is provided preferably with a suitable hem to which shoulder straps 4 and 5 are connected. In order to cause the upper part 1 to fit or conform somewhat to the figure of the person wearing the garment, restricted portions 6 and 7 are provided, the same being on diametrically opposite sides and preferably under the arms but spaced from the arms to a point near the waistline. In order to provide a desired fit, the restricted portions 6 and 7 are not cut and surface of the body.

seamed but are folded as shown in Figures 3 and 4 and the folds held in the desire sition by a suitable line of stitching 8. In Fi re 4 it will be seen that part of the material of the garment is folded back twice upon itself and the line of stitching 8 is extended through all of the folds but not to the outside surface 9 of the garment. It will also be noted that the line of stitching 8 is comparatively short and, consequently, four loose members 10 are formed which are in the nature of darts though they are as a. matter of factmerely folds maintained substantially in the position shown in Fi res 1 and 3 by the line of stitching 8. In Figure 3, the various dotted lines 11 1ndicate merely the approximate line of foldingwvhile the lines 12 and 13 indicate the opposite edges of the folds.

Connected to the upper art 1 is a lower part or what ma be terme a skirt structure 14 which is ma e from a rectangular piece of goods folded at 15 upon itself and con nected together at the upper edge by a line of stitching 16. The lower edge of the upper part 1 is connected to the upper edge of the skirt 14 by a. line of stitching 17 and then the lower edge of the upper part 1 is folded over with a covering fold 18 and then folded back at 19, after which, a line of stitching 20; is applied which is seen from the outside of the garment and which extends through the folded end 19 and the skirt 14 as shown in Figure 2. Before stitching the skirt 14 in place, an inverted box lait or kick opening 21 is rovided .where y a comparatively small s irt structure is presented ordinarily but one that may freely expand when walking as occasion may demand.

It will be noticed that the restricted portions at 6 and 7 are formed by means of a pleat on the inner side of the garment as shown in detail in Figure 4, roduced by foldin portions on o posite si es of an interme iate point an bringing the folded portions to one overlying the other at their meeting edges and stitching at 8 through the folded portions, but not throu h the outer This is we 1 illustrated in Fig. 4 and shows a construction in which the restricted portion is produced in a simple manner and ,permanently and in such manner as to avoid any unseemly appearance and without the necessity of any separate fastening devices other than the mere seam shown at 8.

What I claim is:

1. A slip havin its upper part in tubular form and provi ed at the opposite sides thereof below its upper end and approximately at the waistline with constricted portions having spaced apart portions of the garment folded inwardly and with the outer fold of one side overlapping the outer fold of the other side and with a line of stitches through all of the folds except the outer tive manner simply by folding and permanently securing the garment, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A slip comprising an upper part and a lower or skirt part, the latter being folded at its lower edge into double form, a seam securing the folded portions of the skirt near the upper edge thereof, an upper or body portion overlapping at its lower end the upper end of the skirt and having a portion extending thenceupwardly and over and down the inner side of the skirt for a short distance and then returned, stitches securing the return portion of the body to the skirt and separate stitching securing the body near its extreme lower edge to the skirt, the latter stitching being below the others specified as and for the purposes specified.

MILDRED C. SGHMOLZE. 

